Iranian and Japanese children exhibit peace drawings

Iraq handed over the remains of 17 Iranian soldiers, according to an Iraqi ministry release preserved in the ICRC database. Returning remains did not resolve every missing-person case.

The new Tehran Peace Museum building opened to the public. Its work connected memories of chemical warfare with public education about peace.

Researchers published a study using immunohistochemistry to examine lung tissue from sulfur-mustard-exposed patients. The publication extended investigation of chronic respiratory injury.

OPCW states adopted a decision establishing an international support network and a voluntary trust fund for chemical-weapons victims. The mechanism did not guarantee individual compensation.

UPI reported that joint Iranian-Iraqi work had located and exhumed more than 150 soldiers’ remains, citing the ICRC’s account of cooperation.

A medical paper on nerve-agent casualty management drew lessons from the Iran-Iraq war and an OPCW assistance exercise. The entry records online publication, not a new wartime incident.

A memorial donated by Iran was unveiled at OPCW headquarters in The Hague. The sculpture honored victims of chemical warfare and made remembrance visible in the institution’s grounds.

The Iranian Mine Action Centre and ICRC signed a new cooperation agreement and pursued support for mine victims outside existing assistance programs.

The Hague court ordered van Anraat to compensate chemical-attack victims from Iran and Iraq. Civil damages were a separate avenue from the earlier criminal conviction.

A study compared psychological symptoms in mustard-exposed Sardasht civilians and unexposed Rabat participants. Researchers cautioned that the comparison group also experienced wartime trauma.